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minus-squarenuke@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months ago The W78 is an American thermonuclear warhead with an estimated yield of 335–350 kilotonnes of TNT (1,400–1,460 TJ), deployed on the LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and housed in the Mark 12A reentry vehicle. https://wikipedia.org/wiki/W78
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoI believe that that’s three reentry vehicles (some of which are possibly decoys), and the “base” that they’re on is the missile guidance system. Here’s a video of a Minuteman III launch. This is an older one, only has a single warhead, but you get the idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvo54LJcXe8
Thats a warhead right?
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/W78
I believe that that’s three reentry vehicles (some of which are possibly decoys), and the “base” that they’re on is the missile guidance system.
Here’s a video of a Minuteman III launch. This is an older one, only has a single warhead, but you get the idea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvo54LJcXe8